BANKOLE FOLUSHO
Senior Lecturer, Department of Agronomy, University of Ilorin Nigeria · University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Biography
Bankole Folusho (Ph.D.) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She has garnered 14 years of experience in Crop Production practices while working with crops such as Maize, sorghum, sugarcane, okra, etc. She has been on various projects promoting Climate Smart Agriculture such as the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa Project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners between 2011 – 2015. She was also a team member with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture on the Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa Project also Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners between 2016-2019.
Education
Ph.D. Agronomy(Plant Breeding and Genetics) University of Ilorin, Ilorin M.Sc. (Agronomy) University of Ilorin, Ilorin B. Agriculture University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Recent Scopus Publications
- Multi-environment evaluation of maize hybrids for yield performance and stability under low-nitrogen and drought stress conditions
- Approaches and progress in breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for tropical lowlands in west and central Africa
- Evaluation of maize F1 hybrids’ tolerance to low soil nitrogen using various selection indices
- Yield performance and stability of maize hybrids of different maturity groups in multiple environments in Nigeria
- Combining ability for grain yield and low-N tolerance of intermediate/late maturing maize (Zea mays) inbred lines
Research Outputs
(a) Registration and Release of an intermediate/late maturing maize variety (ILOMAZ 2) tolerant to multiple stress factors under the Accelerating Genetic Gains project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (b) Registration and...
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7825-4487
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aBBntk8AAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194335550